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Add Watermark to Images Online Free

Add text watermarks to photos for free. Customize position, opacity, color, and font. Batch watermarking with ZIP download. No signup.

Add Watermark

Add text watermarks to protect and brand your images. Drag the text to position it anywhere.

Drop your image here

Supports JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF · 50MB max

Watermark Text

Font

theimgapp

Style

48px
50%

Position

Center

What This Tool Does

Add a custom text watermark to photos with full control over font, size, color, opacity, rotation, and position. Place a copyright line in the lower-right corner, a diagonal sample tag across the entire image, a domain across the bottom, or a corner credit. Apply the same watermark to up to 50 photos in one batch and download them as a ZIP archive. Useful for photographers protecting client previews, designers presenting concepts to clients, marketplace sellers branding product photos, and bloggers tagging hero images before they're scraped.

When to Use This Tool

Watermark images you publish publicly when you want to discourage casual reuse — client preview galleries, stock-marketplace previews, listing photos, and proof-of-authorship samples. Watermarks are a deterrent, not protection: a determined editor can always remove a watermark with content-aware fill or crop. For genuine intellectual-property protection, register copyright in your jurisdiction. For internal-only photos or final delivered files, watermarks usually do more harm than good.

How to Use

  1. 1

    Upload your photos

    Drop one or many images. The same watermark settings will be applied to every file in the batch.

  2. 2

    Type your watermark text

    Enter the text — your name, domain, copyright line, or 'SAMPLE'. Choose font, size, and color. Pure white or pure black at 30-60% opacity reads on most photos.

  3. 3

    Position and rotate

    Pick a corner preset (top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right, center) or drag freely. Rotate for diagonal sample-style watermarks.

  4. 4

    Apply and download

    Render the batch and download individual watermarked files or all of them as a ZIP. Originals are not modified.

Privacy First — No Uploads

Your images are processed entirely in your browser. They are never uploaded to any server. Once you close the tab, all data is gone. No tracking, no storage, no cookies for your files.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I add an image watermark instead of text?

This tool focuses on text watermarks. For image watermarks (logo overlays), use the Overlay tool to composite a transparent PNG logo onto your photos.

Can the same watermark be applied to many photos at once?

Yes. Upload up to 50 photos. The same text, position, opacity, and rotation are baked into every file in the batch.

Does the watermark survive social-media re-compression?

Yes if it's high-contrast and 30%+ opacity. Very faint watermarks (under 20% opacity) often disappear into JPEG artefacts after Instagram or Twitter re-encodes the upload.

Can someone remove my watermark?

A determined user with Photoshop's content-aware fill or AI inpainting tools can remove most watermarks. They are a deterrent against casual reuse, not foolproof protection.

Does the watermarked file lose quality?

JPEG re-encoding does add a small amount of compression artefact. Set output quality to 95+ if quality is critical, or output to PNG for lossless watermarking.

Pro Tips

  • Lower-right corner at 40% white opacity is the standard photographer watermark — visible but unobtrusive.
  • For client previews, use a diagonal tiled watermark across the entire frame; corner watermarks are too easy to crop out.
  • Match the watermark color to the image's dominant background. White on dark, black on light. Use the Color Palette tool to pick the dominant tone if you're unsure.
  • Always keep the unwatermarked master file. Re-watermarking an already-watermarked image produces double-watermarked output and lower visual quality.

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